Ya Ca Meinhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m574946.ashx(c) Roadfood.com Discussion Board30Re:Ya Ca Mein (Michael Stern) New Orleans own <i>Ya-Ka-Mein Lady</i>, Linda Green, will be serving it at the <a href="http://www.neworleansroadfoodfestival.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.neworleansroadfoodfestival.com/">New Orleans Roadfood Festival</a>&nbsp;March 27-28 from 11am to 6pm on Royal Street.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m574946.ashxFindPost/574961Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:42:11 GMTYa Ca Mein (Forroman) Though Ya Ca Mein has become a New Orleans favorite, it's not particularly unique to that city.&nbsp; Yatcamein or yetkamein or yat gaw mein&nbsp;(you run the possibilities) is a similar dish available in many cities, including Cincinnati and Chicago.&nbsp; The recipe is&nbsp;really not very different from ramen (etymologically "ra mein" or&nbsp;"lo mein").&nbsp; <br> &nbsp;<br> Also, the nickname "old sober" is a bit weird.&nbsp; It doesn't really make grammatical sense as the name you'd give a soup used as a hangover cure.&nbsp;&nbsp;Possibly the word "sober" is a corruption of "soba," the Japanese noodle, since this is a noodle soup.&nbsp; But then, why is it "old"?&nbsp; Was&nbsp;the soup originally&nbsp;a way to use up leftover (or old) old soba noodles?&nbsp; Or maybe it was requested by people who asked "give me some of that old soba."&nbsp; <br> &nbsp;<br> Clearly more work needs to be done on this dish.<br> &nbsp;<br> Steve Tomashefsky<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m574946.ashxFindPost/574946Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:37:49 GMT